单词 | bothnian |
释义 | Bothnianadj.n. A. adj. Designating (part of) the northern arm of the Baltic Sea lying between Sweden and Finland, now usually called the Gulf of Bothnia; of or belonging to the Gulf of Bothnia or the lands surrounding it.The southern, open part of the Gulf of Bothnia is referred to as the Bothnian Sea, while the northernmost part is called the Bothnian Bay. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] > Baltic lands Balticc1590 Bothnian1611 Bothnic1615 Ingrian1781 1611 E. Aston tr. D. de Góis in J. Boemus Manners, Lawes, & Customes 585 The country of Lappia (through which runneth the Botnian sea [L. mari Botnico]). 1635 W. Saltonstall tr. G. Mercator Historia Mundi 124 Swethland..hath..on the East Finland, separated from it by the Botnian Bay [L. Bothnico sinu], or Finnish Sea. 1738 J. Hübner Introd. Geogr. xxvi. 166 Torma, a City of Trade, lies at the furthermost Part of the Bothnian Gulf. 1776 Asylum Fugitives I. 79 With Leviathan plung'd in Bothnian deeps. 1861 J. G. Whittier Home Ballads & Poems 107 The locked roadsteads of the Bothnian peasants, And harbors of the Finn. 1887 F. Caddy Through Fields with Linnaeus I. iii. 80 Carl was attacked by an accident or malady..common to the inhabitants of the Baltic and Bothnian coasts. 1944 Salt Lake Tribune 25 Sept. 2/5 The Bothnian ports..are not available to shipping for about five winter months because of the freeze up. 2009 J. S. Gray & M. Elliott Ecol. Marine Sediments ix. 144/1 The fauna of the semi-enclosed Bothnian Bay and the more open Bothnian Sea in the Baltic Sea. B. n. A native or inhabitant of the region around the Gulf of Bothnia. Also with distinguishing word, as West Bothnian, North Bothnian, etc. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Ural-Altaic > [noun] > other Ural-Altaic people Bothnian1658 Ingrian1723 Vogul1780 Wogulian1796 Votian1907 Mari1933 Ob-Ugrian1942 1658 T. Bromhall Hist. Apparitions 204 Among the Biarmians, Laplanders, Bothnians, Finlanders, Northern people, there is often this kind of magicall divining. 1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. C. Linnaeus Oration conc. Travelling in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 21 The West-Bothnians, who are more prolific than any other people in our part of the world, lose most of their children in the cradle. 1840 A. Dillon Winter in Iceland & Lapland II. viii. 151 Calves'-skins..are universally worn till one enters the region of reindeer, which in turn adorns the persons of the North Bothnians. 1853 Standard 11 June Bothnians and Finlanders—as good seamen as any in the world. 1887 Folk-lore Jrnl. 5 163 It may seem a little astonishing to find..a Bothnian narrating, in 1884, that ‘a frog seems to be of the human species’, but such is the case. 1952 P. O'Hanlon & H. I. Nelson tr. M. Brion in D. Ogrizek Scandinavia 377 The Bothnians and Carelians..favour the charming, comfortable attire that befits a people of fervent sportsmen. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1611 |
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